USF4 A LeaguePosted Sun Aug 17, 2014 10:43 pmDue to the large amount of players inactive in this league this season, I'll be dropping the bottom 6 players from the A League to the B League, at the end of the season. Top 6 players from the B League will be automatically promoted to the A League. If anyone has any questions regarding this, you're more than welcome to post up here.

All Leagues will be character/team locked, with the option for a secondary character/team which will also be locked for the entire season.

I know many of you would prefer it completely locked and on the other corner, many would rather have it completely open for any character. I'd like to think that this will find a middle-ground with many of you. We'll find out for sure during the first few weeks of the season whether it was the right decision or not.

Locking up every other league though, is a first and it wasn't an easy decision. It really came down to why was USF4 the only League that was character locked? Truth is, it's obviously the game I cared about most and knew how essential learning a match-up was. It may hurt people from trying out new games... it may not. I'm willing to trial this out for this season at least.

So again, to be clear, you'll have your main character/team with an option for a secondary character/team. Both will be locked for the entire season.

UMVC3 will be the only game that is not character locked, simply due to the netcode being the weakest of all the games played in the XBL League

If you are worried about your opponent counter-picking your counter-pick. You'll need to post in the Match Schedule thread requesting a Blind Pick and which match it is for. You and your opponent must both PM me before the Monday 930PM deadline the character(s) you'll be using for the match. Once both players have pmed me their characters, I'll forward those characters to their opponents the next day.

Check-in deadline, which requires all players participating in the XBL League to post in the Match Schedule thread that they have organised a day/time for their set has been pushed to Wednesday 9:30pm from Friday 9:30pm. This is to further help promote better communication amongst players in the League to organise matches.

All Matches are First to 10.All Matches are blind picks(if you have a secondary character) and then character locked for the entire set.

Another season of the XBL is kicking off today, matches are up and ready.

USF4, SFXT and IGAU are the only games that managed to reach the minimum 6 players cap, so far. Any game that reaches that cap this week or the next, will be added. Sign-ins for S5 will close August 10th, 6pm..

New rules are up in the first post under announcements, please read. The rules thread will be updated during the week to include the new rules.

All players that have secondaries must post up the character that they would like to use in their matches before 9:30pm, tonight. Failing to do so, you'll lose the option to select your secondary for this week.

You have the option to make your match a "blind pick". You must post in the Match Schedule thread requesting a "blind pick", both players involved in the match must then pm me the character they would like to use before 9:30pm, today. I will post the next day an updated Match Schedule of what characters will be used in your match. Failing to pm me before the deadline, will result in you losing the option to select your secondary.

Check-in dates have been pushed to Wednesday, 9:30pm. You must post that you've organised a day/time for you match before this deadline or you will be DQed.

If you do not have a match this week, you posted after the Sunday 6pm deadline. Your character selection will be added on Sunday, 6PM, so you have up until then to confirm what characters you would like to use.

Hope that's everything. Remember it's character locked guys, no switching between characters during a set once you've confirmed which character you'll be using for your set.